Chandigarh, October 30, 2024 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its drive against corruption in the state, on Tuesday nabbed a Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Mandeep Singh, Incharge, police post, Nabipur, under police station Sirhind, district Fatehgarh Sahib, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB said the above mentioned police personnel has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Vineet Kumar, a resident of Ludhiana.
He further informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the accused Inspector was demanding Rs 25,000 to release his two private ambulances which had met with an road accident with a truck but the deal was stuck at Rs. 20,000. In this regard a case was registered at the police station. The complainant further alleged that the said accused had already received Rs 5,000 as first instalment of bribe money.
The spokesperson further said after a preliminary enquiry of this complaint a VB team from economic offences wing (EOW) laid a trap during which the police personnel was arrested while he was accepting bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
In this regard a case has been registered against the accused under prevention of corruption act at VB police station EOW, Ludhiana range and further investigation into this case was under process, he added.
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